Griffin v. State

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Steve Lawrence Griffin, Jr., seeks review of his judgment and sentence for second-degree murder with a firearm. Griffin argues that the trial court committed fundamental error by giving the standard instruction on the lesser included offense of manslaughter by act and that the court abused its discretion by denying his motion for new trial based on several alleged incidents of State misconduct. We find no abuse of discretion in the denial of the motion for new trial and do not discuss that issue further. As to the jury instruction issue, we agree that the manslaughter…